Improvement in portable water-closets



UNITED STATES PATENT @irre EDWARD ROBINSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT l N PORTABLE WATER-CLOSETS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent N0. 53,343, dated March 20,1866.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD ROBINSON, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have made certain new Improvements in Portable vWater-Closets5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specitication, in which- Figure l is avertical central section across the seat and soil-container of myimproved water-closet. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section of thesame, the line of section being indicated by the line x, Fig. l. Fig. 3is a horizontal section ot' the same, the line of section beingimmediately beneath the seat, asindicated by the line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalligures.

The nature of this invention consists in the peculiar construction andarrangement of the bottom of the water-closet with the soil-container,and also in the connection ot' the lifting-rod of the stench-trap, andin the connection of the lever for operating the water-valve, arrangedthrough the cover of the soil-container instead of arranging the samethrough special openings in the soil-container. By these means thesoil-container is readily removed for emptying and cleaning, and theconstruction of the whole is simplitied to a great extent, and also thestench is more fully prevented from escaping from the soil-containerthan with those heretofore known.

To enable others skilled in the art to make andr use my improvements, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A represents the bottom of the water-closet. The seat B, the casing C,the back D, the water-basin E, and the valve F of the same are all madein the ordinary way.

G is the soil-container, and H is its cover or receiver. Thesoil-container G is provided on its bottom with projecting tongs I I inthe direction from the front to the back of the water-closet, and thesame are made to t in corresponding-grooved guide-pieces J J, securedupon the bottom A of the closet.

K is a stop-block in the rear of the container G, also secured to thebottom A,'against which the said container G stops when itis replaced,while the guide-pieces J J and tongs I I guide it properly between thesides of the closet and to meet the hereinafter-described end of thewater-pipe and lever of the water-valve.

L is the usual extension on the one side of the container G, in whichthe draw-rod M and stench-trap lever N are located. The stenchtrap O andits said leverNwork on a tulcrumpin, P, stationary with the cover H andlocated in the container G.

The cover H is made to it all around in the top of the container G, witha Water-joint at R. The draw-rod M, which operates and is hinged to thestench-trap lever N, works closely-titted through an oriu'ce, S, in thecover H above the orifice S. The said rod M is provided vvith a slot, T,into which the end of lever U (which latter serves for opening` thevalve of the water-basin) is loosely ttted, and the top of the rod M isprovided with a handle, V, upon which the operator takes hold.

The valve F, which is in the bottom ot' the water-basin E, is connectedwith the lever U in the usual way by means of a rod, W, a lever, X, anda connecting-rod, Y. The lever U has its fulcrum-pin secured at Z on theunder side ot the seat B ofthe closet.

F is a pipe leading the water from the valve F and basin E into thecover H, the cover H having a proper opening, H', in its top part,through which said pipe F projects whenever the soil-container is placedin its casing or under the seat B ready for operation.

The operation of the stenclrtrap O and valve F is simply that when theoperator raises the draw-rod M by means of the handle V the stench-trapis opened, while at the same time the valve Fis raised from its seat,and thereby water is supplied to clean the cover H, and is followingthrough said cover in the container G; but as soon as the handle isreleased by the operator the valve F and stench-trap O close upon theirseats. Vhen the container is wanted to be emptied of its contents thesame is simply Withdrawn from under the seat B through the usual frontdoor, B2, ofthe casing, and when wanted to be replaced the operatorsimply looks upon placing the tongs I Ion the bottom of the containerand the grooves on the guide-pieces J J, andy then he slides thecontainer back under the seat B until the same is stopped from goingfarther by means of the stop K, whereby the end ot' the lever U hasentered in the slot T, and the end ot' pipe F has entered through theorifice H', and the Whole being ready for being used as a Watercloset.

Froln the foregoing it is clearly seen that the soil-container Gr can beplaced and removed properly from its seat by quite incompetent personswith facility to perfect action. Also, that by means of the arrangementand connections of the lever U, the stench-trap O, and the draw-rod Mthrough cover H, the stench is almost entirely prevented from cscapingfrom the soilcontainer G.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

l. '.Lhe arrangement of the guide-pieces J J and stopl K, When inconnection with the tongs I I and the slot T and lever U, operating asand for the purpose substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The construction and arrangement ofthe draw-rod M, provided with theslot T, and passing through the cover H, and connecting With the lever Uand stench-trap lever N, operating as and for the purpose substantiallyas herein shown and described.

EDWARD ROBINSON.

Witnesses:

R. ERHARD, R. BOEKLE.

